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Microsoft Has a New Grid Friend

High-end computer maker SGI will offer Microsoft's Computer Cluster Server 2003 as part of its Grid computing line. Until now, SGI only offered Linux-based grid solutions. Despite years in the business, Microsoft is still fairly new to the high-performance computing space -- which means it's starting to get good at it. Find out how Microsoft plans to use high-performance computing and other techniques to help scientists save the world.

Posted by Doug Barney on January 15, 2007


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